Hakuba is the perfect destination for skiers on a budget and dream location for skiers seeking cheap Hakuba accommodation. Some establishments such as K’s House Hakuba Alps and Hakuba Alps Backpackers are purely backpacker style. Monkey Rider Hakuba and B&B Snowbeds Backpackers Hakuba are more upmarket Hakuba budget accommodation providers but still offering competitive prices. Hakuba Powder Lodge is a popular place to stay in Hakuba that offers ski lodge accommodation at a hostel price. Villa Rengtei is conveniently located in Echoland within walking distance to entertainment options and shuttle bus stops. Resort Inn Kotan is only ten minutes from Hakuba Cortina and offers a range of options including dormitory room, standard Western-style room or a Japanese-style room. See more Hakuba budget accommodation here…

With only five minute walk to Happo-one Ski Resort, Gakuto Villas offers modern self-contained accommodation with a fully equipped kitchen, a flat-screen TV and free Wi-Fi. Hotel Phoenix Wing has stylish appointed resort cottages all featuring private terraces and fire places tailor made in Finland. Kashibesso Hakuba Royal Cottages are American-style guest houses in Goryu containing two bedrooms, living room, dining room and kitchen. The Ridge Hotel and Apartments offers guests wi-fi, tv, kitchenette and balcony as well as having a bar/pub, restaurant and kids club onsite.

Hakuba Village offers dozens of pensions, ski lodges, villas and B&B. These range from those with the most basic of facilties to luxurious, from Japanese style to faux-European. So there will always be a number of accommodation options to suit both your style and budget.

Hakuba Pension

Very popular with foreign skiers is Hakuba Pension Meteor a.k.a. Lodge Meteor which is a long standing local Hakuba pension, owned by a local family for two generations. Also popular is Alupu Lodge right on the base of Happo-One and Grove Inn Skala featuring a cosy lounge with a library, a bar and a wood-burning stove. Looking to get right on the slopes? Alupu Lodge is well located right on the base of the Hakuba ski slopes, Penke Panke Lodge is conveniently located next to the Sakka High speed quad at Happoone, whilst Wind Jacket Lodge is only 250 metres from the Happo One ski lift as well the Hakuba night life. Hotel Petite Hamac is a 5-minute walk from Hakuba Happo One Ski Resort.

Imagine skiing deep Japanese powder snow then coming ‘home’ to rich cultural experience along with a long soaking hotspring. Welcome to luxury Hakuba accommodation with the many traditional style inns ready to greet you. Some are older, such as Araya Ryokan which provides cosy family-run accommodation located a 5-minute drive from Hakuba Happo One Ski Resort. Some are younger, such as Shirouma-so Ryokan which is a modern Japanese ryokan combining traditional Japanese architecture with a modern Japanese style. Marukin Ryokan is a Japanese-style resort hotel with a fabulous new look, yetnostalgic atmosphere.

With so many Hakuba hotels and resorts to choose from how does one pick the best option? We’ve tried to simplify the choice for you by listing on our hotels and resorts page a variety of featured Hakuba accommodation properties which are some of the more popular choices for foreign skiers in Hakuba. However we do encourage visitors to be a bit adventurous and try something new.

Visitors to Hakuba could do much worse than considering the Hakuba Mominoki Hotel – one of the best known hotels in Hakuba and one that is noted for its luxuriousness, location and English-speaking staff. The unique Shakespeare Hotel in Echoland has a distinctive Edwardian style that features a French/Japanese restaurant as well as a cafe/bar. Every room in the Ridge Hotel and Apartments offers guests, internet access (wireless), tv, kitchenette and balcony/terrace, whilst Hakuba Tokyu Hotel is a classic European style resort hotel offering five star luxury in formal yet comfortable guest rooms at the base of the Hakuba ski fields. Want the ultimate hot spring experience? Why not try Yamanasato Inn Hakuba Hifumi which boasts deluxe rooms with private open-air rotenburo baths.

Luxury Accommodation

For those seeking something quieter Hakuba Goryu Hotel Stelle Belle is a resort hotel standing quietly in the woods of Hakuba but still conveniently located only three minutes walk from the Hakuba Goryu ski area. From the lobby lounge in Hotel Goryukan guests can admire a spectacular view of the majestic mountains of the Northern Alps as can one from the rooms at Rosenheim Hakuba located right next to the Hakuba Happo ski lifts. The Hakuba Alps Hotel is an authentic resort-style hotel located at the foot of grand North Alps whilst each of the 28 rooms at the 5-star La Neige Higashikan have all the comforts and conveniences of home. French cuisine made with local Nagano ingredients is served at Restaurant Jardin in the Hakuba Springs Hotel.